Meaning of Lithology | Babel Free
Definitions
- The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.
- The general composition of a rock or rock sequence.
Equivalents
العربية
علم الصّخور
Español
litología
Suomi
litologia
Français
lithologie
Gaeilge
liteolaíocht
Italiano
litologia
Türkçe
taş bilimi
Examples
“The ‘monomict’ meteorites are samples of a single lithology while the polymict meteorites are those containing two or more lithologies.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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